The official visual retrospective of the first 25 years of Cartoon Saloon.

For over twenty-five years, Cartoon Saloon has been telling stories through art. What began as a small studio with big ambitions has grown into a body of work that has travelled around the world while always remaining rooted in our Kilkenny home and in the creativity and craft of animation.

The Art of Cartoon Saloon: 25 Years is a celebration of that journey. It brings together 300 pages of sketches, character designs, backgrounds, storyboards and concept art from across the studio’s feature films, television series and short films. Alongside familiar images are pieces of never-before-seen artwork, drawn from our archives and shared publicly for the first time. Together, they offer a rare glimpse into the creative process behind the stories, characters and worlds that have defined Cartoon Saloon over the last quarter century. 

Join Cartoon Saloon co-founders and directors Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey, together with animation historian and book author Charles Solomon, for a special book signing in our studio home. Books will be available to buy at the venue.